Jama at Jama's Alphabet Soup has a (self-proclaimed, but I agree) Good Friday Feast. Come ready to drool. Over the French Toast, too!

Buffy Silverman, of Buffy's Blog, shares her process and final poem in the MM2013 Tournament. I was rooting for you, Buffy!

Renee, haven't you been a little busy writing poems these last few weeks? When did you have time for another installment at No Water River in the "Poetry Is..." series (...with guest poster Elizabeth Stevens Omlor and a little Emerson)?

Joyce Ray at Musings shares some really cool ideas for writing poetry with children from her Build a Poem workshop. Cupcake poems anyone? Heidi? Jama?

Robyn Hood Black is urging spring along with some e.e. cummings and Poetry Month news.

Laura Purdie Salas is focusing on colors today in another of her excellent Poem Starter videos.

Laura Shovan, at Author Amok, has a fabulous interview with Christy Hale, author of DREAMING UP.

Diane Mayr has a trio of offerings: At Random Noodling, an Easter senryu (like a haiku, but about human nature instead of Nature). Kurious Kitty shares William Blake's "Spring." KK's Kwotes has a quote by Jane Hirshfield.

Linda at TeacherDance has found the perfect William Stafford poem for two online communities -- Poetry Friday regulars and Slice of Life participants.

Matt Forrest Esenwine at Radio, Rhythm & Rhyme has an original crocus poem for this last Friday of March. (His fight with snow, mine just had to contend with oak leaves the year I snapped this shot!)

Spring is coming to Steve's valley. His original poem is posted at inside the dog... .

Travis has a book spine poem (and an invitation to submit yours) at 100 Scope Notes. (Can't wait for the review of the book of book spine poems!!)

I love pomegranates and I love the story of Persephone. I hope Katie, at the blog a time for such a word, doesn't mind being rounded up via a Poetry Friday Google search. Maybe she'll join us every week!

MotherReader has a new installment in her "songs as poetry" series. Do you recognize it?

Andi has a "text message found poem" at a wrung sponge. If you haven't cleared out your texts, you probably have one there, too, waiting to be found!

I'm pretty sure that in real life, Amy LV is still floating after the release this week of her first book, FOREST HAS A SONG. But for today, she's got her feet on the ground with a red boots poem at The Poem Farm.

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Thank you, Mary Lee for hosting - and thanks for the early bird special! Being in AZ I always feel like I'm late to the party on Friday mornings...:-) I have an original poem called "Spring Break - Day by Day" chronicling my daughters' journeys through their vacation. It's at www.weewordsforweeones.blogspot.com and will be live at 12 midnight PST. =)

Thanks for hosting, Mary Lee! I've got another installment of the "Poetry Is..." series with guest poster Elizabeth Stevens Omlor and a little Emerson.http://www.nowaterriver.com/poetry-friday-poetry-is-forgiving-with-elizabeth-stevens-omlor/

Hi Mary Lee! Thank you for hosting Poetry Friday this week, and for the early bird special! For this poetry Friday I was inspired by Jone’s posting last week about ways she's participating in National Poetry Month so I’m listing my National Poetry Month plans this week: http://www.tamerawillwissinger.com/the-writers-whimsy/2013/3/28/national-poetry-month-is-almost-here.html

You can tell it's Spring Break because I'm in early with my cunning scheme for a "restrained" National Poetry Month game!http://myjuicylittleuniverse.blogspot.com/2013/03/announcing30words30days-poem-for-busy.html

I have an interview with Christy Hale, author and illustrator of Dreaming Up. This picture book about building play brilliantly layers Hale's illustrations of children with concrete poetry and photographs of famous buildings.

Happy Easter! I have a poem by William Stafford that I think speaks of community, Mary Lee. We're ending the March Slice of Life Challenge and getting ready for Poetry Month, two groups keep a connection not easy to find. Thanks for hosting!

Hi, Mary Lee, Here is my contribution, Mary Ann Hoberman's "You and I" from The Tree that Time Built. (I linked to your fabulous review, which I somehow missed at the time :-( I blame it on graduate school!) Thank you hosting today. Can't wait to check back later and see the transformation!Catherine

Thanks for hosting today Mary Lee. Sorry I'm so very late to the party... My poem today is "Betrayer" -- a reflection on one of the characters in the Good Friday story. It's here: http://wp.me/sC77F-betrayer

I love that hyacinth poem, Mary Lee. Such fun to see someone working cleverly with rhyme.

I'm late with my Poetry Friday contribution, but over at The Drift Record I have an announcement about Irene Latham's Progressive Poetry Project, and links to participating poets on their respective days.

Just like I do every week, I put up 5 new ones this week at http://i.droo.it. I think my favorite is Banking on the Tooth Fairy (http://i.droo.it/fooling-the-fairy/) which came out of the #MMPoetry rounds this week.

Look at all those beautiful bits of spring with a lovely poem to accompany them! I love the snow drops, they are always my first sign that spring is bound to come!My poem is a notebook peek and re-do on the always popular poetry subject: LOVE. Have a great spring day, here's my link.http://teachingyoungwriters.blogspot.com/2013/03/a-notebook-poetry-slice.html

Thank you for including me (Orange Marmalade) in this lovely round-up. I love what everyone has posted here! I'm going to put my (very teeny) techno-gloves on and try to join up again next week. -- Jill

Thank you for hosting today and for the fantastic photos of spring buds. At first glance I thought the hyacinth was a green Easter egg! Lovely poem. It perfectly reflects the dance of spring beguiling us with warmth and then retreating.

Probably a wise decision to be late. I just drove to my mom's in South Carolina. Usually, I catch up to spring when I'm about half way there, but this year I didn't see a single sign of spring until I was here. Even then they weren't as numerous as they usually are this time of year. I guess it's been cold everywhere.

During March Madness there was a lot of talk about rhyming poems. I haven't written one in quite some time so I decided to write this one today for my mom's birthday. I think she'd prefer a sweeter poem, but I was having fun listening to her play cards with my daughter.

I love the floral theme of your round-up! Thanks for hosting. If the server ever responds, I'll have a post with 3 original haiku inspired by working in our beehives today, along with a photo, at www.kerirecommends.com. Poetry Friday is inspirational! :-)

Hi Mary Lee, I know this is quite late, and I'd understand if you won't be able to include this in your round-up post. Iphigene has our Poetry Friday contribution this week at this link:http://gatheringbooks.wordpress.com/2013/03/29/todo-y-nada-all-or-nothing/Thanks for hosting!

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Franki and Mary Lee are both teachers, and have been for more than 20 years.

Franki is a fifth grade teacher. She is the author of Beyond Leveled Books (Stenhouse), Still Learning to Read (Stenhouse), Day-to-Day Assessment in the Reading Workshop (Scholastic) and The Joy of Planning (Choice Literacy). She is also a regular contributor to Choice Literacy.

Mary Lee is a fifth grade teacher. She is the author of Reconsidering Read-Aloud (Stenhouse) and has poems in the Poetry Friday Anthology, the Poetry Friday Anthology for Middle School, the Poetry Friday Anthology for Science, the Poetry Friday Anthology for Celebrations (Pomelo Books), Dear Tomato: An International Crop of Food and Agriculture Poems, National Geographic Books of Nature Poems, The Best of Today's Little Ditty (2014-15 and 2016), and Amy Ludwig VanDerwater's Poems are Teachers.